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Bradical79

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7. Happens to me occasionally at Lowes
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 07:46 PM
Sep 2016

Unfortunately, I work there and can't leave :-P A co-worker walked up to me the other day with a baffled expression on his face, and says "Hey... I think I just got saved..." Apparently when one of these guys asked if he could pray for him. He said "Sure, if you want to." Unfortunately, my coworker didn't realize the guy meant he was going to do the "laying of hands" ritualistic practice right there on the sales floor.

It can be a bit rattling. I used to go to an evangelical church for a little while. They really poison your mind from a young age, and target other people's children. I recall one of the teenagers there had a friend who had died. The amount of suffering he felt because he didn't know if his friend's soul was saved was really heartbreaking. He talked about feeling guilt at not having "witnessed" to his friend about his faith. He legitimately felt that his friend may be suffering for all of eternity in hell because he didn't take action on this front. It used to keep me up at night too thinking such thoughts, but in hindsight it is pretty sick to do that to children.

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